213 Miles From Shea

If the Mets are going to make the playoffs, they need to go on a run. Last night was a good first step as they beat the Padres 3-2 in extra innings as deGrom had an excellent start and Ynoa in his major league debut, picked up the win in relief.

The Mets will turn to Matz today who is 8-8 on the season over 21 starts and 125.0 innings with a 3.60 ERA. After a torrid start against the Yankees to start off August, he bounced back in his last start allowing 2 ER over 6.0 innings against the Diamondbacks while striking out 9 batters. It was his third in his last four starts where he allowed 2 runs or less while pitching 6.0 innings. He missed the Padres earlier this season and this afternoon will be his first time facing them in his career. The only two Padres who have seen him in a major league game are Bethancourt (0-2) and pitcher Cosart (0-1).

The Mets bats will get a look at Clayton Richard. Richard started his career off with the White Sox before being traded to the Padres for Jake Peavy. He stayed with the Padres until 2013 when he was granted Free Agency, bounced around in the Pirates and Diamondbacks systems in 2015, became a Cub in 2015, released and picked up again by the Padres.  Overall this year he has pitched in 27 games, no starts, and 15.1 innings with a 6.46 ERA. The Mets have the following numbers on Richard:

• Bruce 5-16, 3 2B
• Loney 3-15
• Reyes 3-11, HR
• Granderson 1-10, 3 BB
• K Johnson 3-8
• Walker 1-5

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets are slipping fast and need a life raft. Hopefully that comes in the form of Jacob deGrom today as he takes on the Padres. Jacob is 7-5 over 20 starts and 126.1 innings with a 2.35 ERA. In his last three starts, he’s allowed 1 ER over 20.2 innings putting up an ERA of 0.44. The offense behind him hasn’t been the greatest so the team is 2-1 in those starts and Jacob personally is 1-0. His first start against the Padres this year was average as he allowed 3 ER over 5.0 innings, but also occurred during his average streak of 5 starts earlier in the season. The Padres have the following numbers against deGrom:

• Bethancourt 0-7
• Solarte 0-6
• Myers 1-3, HR
• Wallace 2-2, 2B
• Cosart 1-2
• Norris 2-2, 2B
• Ramirez 1-2, 2B

The Mets bats will get a look at the former Marlin, now Padre, Jarred Cosart. Cosart was involved in a trade deal in 2014 with the Astros where he was arguably the main target for Miami. Then this year when the Marlins needed pitching bolstering, they traded him to San Diego. In two starts with the Padres, he’s allowed 5 ER over 8.1 innings or a 5.40 ERA which is close to his time with the Marlins allowing 14 runs, 13 earned over 19.2 innings with a 5.95 ERA. His first start of the season was against the Mets where he allowed 3 ER over 4.2 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Cosart:

• Granderson 0-14
• Flores 4-11, 2B, HR
• Loney 2-11, 2B
• d’Arnaud 1-6
• K Johnson 0-6
• Conforto 2-3, 2B
• Bruce 1-2

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets are coming off a tough series with the Diamondbacks where they fell apart pretty much on all cylinders as they welcome the Padres to Queens tonight. In the first two games against Arizona, the bullpen gave the game away after the offense couldn’t muster much, last afternoon was just a complete overall failure as the Diamondbacks steamrolled our squad.

Logan Verrett will make the start for the Amazin’s. He’s 3-7 over 29 games and 11 starts with 83.0 innings of work and a 4.66 ERA. After his last start where he allowed 6 ER over 3.2 innings to the Yankees, there was some talk about removing him from the rotation but he’s still here and hopefully he find “it” again tonight. In one outing against the Padres this year he allowed 3 hits and 2 runs, 1 earned over 2.0 innings while striking out 3. The Padres have the following numbers against Logan:

• Myers 0-1
• Norris 1-1, HR
• Ramirez 0-1
• Wallace 0-1

The Mets bats will get a look at Paul Clemens tonight. Paul came up with the Astros in 2013 where he pitched 73.1 innings with a 5.40 ERA (his most time in the majors). This year he made a brief appearance with the Marlins going 1-0 over 2 starts and 10.0 innings with a 6.30 ERA before being traded to the Padres where he has gone 0-2 over 7 games and 3 starts in 17.2 innings with a 3.63 ERA. In his last two starts for the Padres, officially joining their rotation, he has allowed 5 runs, 4 earned, over 8.1 innings. This will be his first time facing the Mets, but a few Mets have seen him before:

• De Aza 0-5, BB
• Granderson 0-2
• Loney 2-3
• K Johnson 1-2

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets bullpen faltered again, this time in the 12th inning, as the Mets lost their second straight game to the Diamondbacks. Yesterday the Mets didn’t get on the board until a 2-run homer from Kelly Johnson in the bottom of the ninth, wasting a strong a start from Bartolo. So, for a second straight game, while the direct cause of the losing feels like the bullpen, the bats put the team in a position for the bullpen to lose. Things should be a little better today with Thor on the mound because he can also swing a bat, maybe give some life to this team.

Syndergaard is 9-6 over 22 games and 21 starts over 129.1 innings with a 2.64 ERA. He’s in the midst of a very human stretch pitching 18.0 innings in his last three starts with a 4.00 ERA but still recording 21 strikeouts. He had one start against the Diamondbacks last year and it was a good one going 8.0 innings, allowing only 1 run and recording 13 K’s. Arizona has the following numbers on Thor:

• Goldschmidt 0-3
• Lamb 0-3
• Owings 0-3
• Tomas 1-3
• Bourn 0-2

The Mets bats will get a look at Branden Shipley making his 4th major league career start. So far this season he is 1-1 over 3 game sand 17.1 innings with a 4.15 ERA. His numbers look better when you toss out his first start, in his last two he has allowed only 2 ER over 12.0 innings of work. Since he made his debut in late July, it is not surprising that this will be his first time facing the Mets or anyone on the Mets roster in a major league game.

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets bullpen cost the team the game last night as Robles allowed 3 runs in the 7th as the Dbacks beat the Mets 5-3. Earlier in the game, the Mets went up 3-2 thanks to a two run homer from Neil Walker. While it is easy to blame the bullpen here, and 3 runs in one inning is the pen failing their jobs, the route of the problem is still the offense whichhas created this feeling of needed to be perfect on the mound. Tonight the Mets will try to put it back together as Bartolo Colon takes on Robbie Ray.

Bartolo Colon is 10-6 over 23 games, 22 starts over 127.1 innings with a  3.46 ERA. After a rocky start against the Rockies (sorry, I couldn’t resist), Colon bounced back last time out against the Yankees allowing only 1 ER over 6 innings. For Colon, he has found himself in a 7 start stretch where he’s great, then bad, great, then bad. Let’s hope he breaks that tonight. Last year he held the Diamondbacks to 2 ER over 7.0 innings. Arizona has the following numbers against Colon:

• Segura 1-7
• Bourn 0-4
• Castillo 1-2, HR
• Goldschmidt 0-3
• Loewen 1-2
• Owings 1-3
• Tomas 1-3

Robbie Ray is 5-11 over 22 starts and 121.o innings with a 4.83 ERA. In his last three starts he has tossed 16.2 innings allowing 17 runs, 13 earned for an ERA of 7.02. He had a good start against the Mets last year though allowing 6 hits and no runs over 5.0 innings. The Mets have the following on Ray:

• Bruce 2-6, 2B, HR
• Flores 0-2

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets struggled against the Tigers this weekend, but ended the weekend on a high note as they beat the Tigers thanks to a 2-run homer from Walker off of K-Rod (who is having a good year by the way) in the top of the 9th. Now the Mets look to keep the winning going as the Diamondbacks and their terrible uniforms come to town.

Steven Matz is 8-8 on the season over 20 starts and 119.0 innings with a 3.63 ERA. After back to back good starts where he allowed 14 hits but only 2 ER over 12.0 innings, his last time out was a struggle in the Bronx as he allowed 6 runs over 6.0 innings. Not surprisingly, this will be Steven’s first time facing Arizona. Only one batter on their roster, Bourn, has seen him in a major league game and his 0-1 with a walk against Matz.

The Mets bats draw the big off-season acquisition for the Diamondbacks, Zack Greinke, previously seen pitching against the Mets in the NLDS. After a season where he was 19-3 with a 1.66 ERA (leading the league in winning percentage and ERA) he is 10-3 this year with a 3.62 ERA over 17 starts. Things were rough for him at the start of the season and then he went on a tear in June pitching 38.2 innings over 6 games with a 1.63 ERA. He then landed on the DL and is making his first start tonight since then. In the regular season with the Mets last year he allowed 2 ER in 14.0 innings and in the playoffs he allowed 5 ER over 13.2 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Zack:

• Granderson 13-58, 2 2B, 2 3B, HR
• Bruce 6-35, HR
• Walker 5-24, 2B, 3 HR
• K Johnson 2-12
• Loney 2-10, HR
• De Aza 3-11, 2B
• Flores 4-11
• Conforto 1-7, HR
• Rivera 3-5, 2 2B

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets and Tigers finally conclude their series this afternoon as Jacob deGrom takes on Anibal Sanchez. Before we get to our old friend in Sanchez, let’s take a look at deGrom. Jacob is 7-5 on the season over 19 starts and 119.2 innings with a 2.41 ERA. After allowing 5 ER over 10 hits in 3.2 innings against the Marlins, he has tossed 14.0 innings of shutout ball allowing 9 hits and two walks while striking out 14 against the Rockies and the Yankees. The last time the Mets faced the Tigers was in 2013, and deGrom broke into the majors into 2014, so this will be his first time seeing the Tigers, but he has seen three batters before:

• Upton 2-12, 6 K
• Saltalamacchia 1-11, 2B, 5 K
• Maybin 0-6

The Mets will get a look at Anibal Sanchez who broke into the league in 2006 as a member of the Marlins and was with them until 2012 when he was traded mid-season to the Tigers. This year he has pitched 25 games with 17 starts and 100.2 innings with a 6.26 ERA and a 6-11 record, his worst season since 2008. That being said, he’s coming off of a solid start against the White Sox where he held them to 1 ER over 6.0 innings. The last time he faced the Mets was back in 2011 where he went 0-1 over two starts allowing 18 hits and 6 ER over 13.0 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers on Anibal:

• K Johnson 5-29, 2B, 3B, HR
• Cespedes 4-18
• Walker 4-17, 2B, HR
• Loney 5-15, 3B
• De Aza 4-12, 2 2B
• Bruce 2-8
• Granderson 2-7, HR

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets and Tigers continue their three game set tonight as Logan Verrett takes on Matt Boyd. Both Verrett and Boyd have limited time in the majors, and since its unusual for a team in the AL Central to play a team in the NL East (well, as unusual as any interleague series with the Mets outside of the Yankees), the two have very little experience against their opposing teams.

Verrett is coming off of his first start in the Subway Series where he allowed 3 ER over 5.0 innings. In his last four starts in total he has pitched 23.1 innings with a 3.86 ERA (compared to his season stats which include 28 games and 10 starts of 79.1 innings of work and a 4.20 ERA). Even though he started in the league as a member of the Rangers last year, he has never faced the Tigers and the only person on their roster who has seen him is Maybin who is 0-1 with an RBI.

The Mets bats will get a look at Matt Boyd who is 2-2 over 10 games and 9 starts this year totaling 49.2 innings of work with a 4.71 ERA. Boyd was part of the trade the Blue Jays made with the Tigers to get David Price last season. Boyd has never faced the Mets and hasn’t faced any of the players the Mets have acquired from other places over the last two years.

The Mets head to Detroit! The Mets are coming off of a season split with the Yankees where they picked up the win last night after a good Colon start, a solid 3-run homer by Bruce and close save by Familia, now they head to the midwest!

Noah Syndergaard is 9-5 over 21 games and 20 starts this season totaling 123.1 innings with a 2.48 ERA. He is coming off back to back average starts allowing a total of 6 runs, 4 earned over 12.0 innings with 14 K’s. Not surprisingly, this will be Noah Syndergaard’s first time facing the Tigers but two Tigers have seen him as members of other clubs. Justin Upton is 0-6 with 4 K’s while Maybin is 0-2.

The Mets bats draw Justin Verlander who is 11-6 over 22 starts and 147.1 innings with a 3.54 ERA. He is coming off of what may be his best start of the season allowing only 2 ER over 9.0 innings while striking out 11 and in general July was fantastic for him as he made six starts going 4-0 over 42.2 innings with a 1.69 ERA and 48 K’s. He faced the Mets way back in 2010 where he allowed 5 ER over 2.0 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers on Justin:

• De Aza 9-40, 2B, 3B, 2 HR
• Granderson 5-25, 2 2B, 3B, HR
• Cespedes 7-21, 2 2B
• Walker 2-12, 2B, 3B
• K Johnson 0-14
• Loney 3-7
• Bruce 1-3, 2B

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets will try to split the season series with the Yankees tonight as they play game 4 in the Bronx. Last night the Mets hit into multiple double plays early on in the game ending rallies early while the Yankees piled on the runs early. In the end the end, it was just too much for the Mets to overcome and they ended up losing 9-5.

Bartolo Colon will try to put them back on the right track. He’s 9-6 over 22 games and 21 starts pitching 120.2 innings with a 3.58 ERA. He’s coming off of a rough start against the Rockies where he allowed 5 ER over 5.0 innings and in his last five starts he’s alternated between being terrible and fantastic, the pendulum is supposed to swing to fantastic tonight. The last time he faced the Yankees was in 2014 where he allowed 7 runs, 6 earned over 5.2 innings. The Yankees have the following numbers against Colon:

• A Rod 23-56, 7 2B, 3B, 8 HR
• Teixeira 12-42, 2 2B, 3 HR
• Ellsbury 4-15, 2B
• Gardner 3-10, HR
• Castro 3=7, 2B
• Headley 1-7
• McCann 1-3

The Mets draw Nathan Eovaldi who is in his second season with the Yankees. He’s 9-7 this year over 22 games and 19 starts with a 4.78 ERA over 116.2 innings. In his last three starts, returning to the rotation, he has pitched 18.0 innings allowing 6 ER, so a 3.00 ERA. He had one start against the Mets last year where he allowed 4 ER over 7 hits and 4.1 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Nathan:

• Granderson 4-8, 2 HR
• Bruce 1-7
• d’Arnaud 1-4, 2B
• Loney 0-6
• De Aza 1-5
• Niese 0-5
• Flores 1-4, 2B

Let’s Go Mets!